Hi, Currently even when the cursor is disabled (`setterm -cursor off`), it is still repainted as a black rectangle the size of a single char. This can be seen, for example, by chvt'ing to a free tty, disabling the cursor and doing `dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/fb0`.
The patch changes this behaviour by avoiding painting anything when the
cursor is disabled.
Signed-off-by: Michal Januszewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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diff -Nupr linux-2.6.12-orig/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
linux-2.6.12/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
--- linux-2.6.12-orig/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c 2005-06-17
21:48:29.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.12/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c 2005-07-17 13:32:00.000000000
+0200
@@ -276,7 +276,8 @@ static void fb_flashcursor(void *private
if (!vc || !CON_IS_VISIBLE(vc) ||
fbcon_is_inactive(vc, info) ||
- registered_fb[con2fb_map[vc->vc_num]] != info)
+ registered_fb[con2fb_map[vc->vc_num]] != info ||
+ vc_cons[ops->currcon].d->vc_deccm != 1)
return;
acquire_console_sem();
p = &fb_display[vc->vc_num];
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